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Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Date/Time:

17 Jul 2025 - 18:30 to 21:12

Status:

Occurred

Venue:

Conference Room, Riverside

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Attendance
Visitors
Declarations of Interests

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Agenda Contents (114Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Overview and Scrutiny Committee - 17/07/2025 (6620Kb)

Agenda

Meeting Details

MeetingDetails

Members are invited to a Meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee

to be held in the Conference Room, Riverside, Lowestoft

on Thursday, 17 July 2025 at 6.30pm

This meeting will be broadcast to the public via the East Suffolk YouTube Channel at https://youtube.com/live/omneovGbIxo?feature=share

Open To The Public

1 Apologies for Absence and Substitutions

2 Declarations of Interest

Members and Officers are invited to make any declarations of interests, and the nature of that interest, that they may have in relation to items on the Agenda and are also reminded to make any declarations at any stage during the Meeting if it becomes apparent that this may be required when a particular item or issue is considered.

Minutes (95Kb)

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 19 June 2025 as a correct record.

4 Review of Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025-2030

Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Housing.

Review of Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025-2030 (585Kb)
1. Appendix A - Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy - DRAFT 1 (3806Kb)
2. Appendix B - Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA721429049) (7Kb)
3. Appendix C - East Suffolk Homelessness Review Report 2025 (1237Kb)
4. Appendix D - Strategic Review of Temporary Accommodation 2025 (328Kb)
5. Appendix E - Response to Committee Questions (98Kb)
6. Appendix E-Q1 - MHCLG Confirmation of Funding 2025-26 (267Kb)
7. Appendix E-Q5 - MHCLG Rough Sleeping Data and Benchmarking (494Kb)
8. Appendix E-Q10 - Homelessness Demographics (213Kb)

Cabinet Member Scrutiny Session (82Kb)

To consider the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Housing's response to the Committee's pre-set questions in relation to priorities, achievements, challenges and budgets.

Draft Work Programme 2025-26 (71Kb)

The Committee is asked to confirm its Work Programme for the 2025/26 Municipal Year.

Exempt/Confidential

There are no Exempt or Confidential items for this Agenda.

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members

Name
Councillor Seamus Bennett
Councillor Robert Cawley
Councillor Dan Clery
Councillor Alan Green
Councillor Mark Jepson
Councillor Geoff Lynch
Councillor Stephen Molyneux
Councillor Mike Ninnmey
Councillor Sarah Plummer
Councillor Ed Thompson

Attended - Other Members

Name
Councillor David Beavan
Councillor Peter Byatt
Councillor Tess Gandy

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology	Substituted By
Councillor Mike Deacon		Councillor Tess Gandy
Councillor Louise Gooch		Councillor Peter Byatt
Councillor Ruth Leach

Absent

Name	Reason for Absence	Substituted By
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member Name	Item Ref.	Details	Nature of Declaration	Action
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Officers present: Michelle Burdett (Strategic Director), Sarah Davis (Democratic Services Officer), Heather Fisk (Head of Housing), Fern Lincoln (Strategic Lead – Housing Needs) and Agnes Ogundiran (Political Group Support Officer).